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The Enabling Act
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The Rise of Extremist Groups Following the Great Depression

The crash of the United States stock market on October 29, 1929 triggered a global depression in which extremist groups such as fascists and Nazis were allowed to thrive. Between the years of 1929 and 1933 prices would fall, output shrank, and unemployment soared as the world economy collapsed. The U.S. market lost two-thirds of its value, the British market one-fifth, and the German an astounding one-half.

President Warren G. Harding signing the Knox-Porter Resolution at the home of U.S. Sen. Joseph Frelinghuysen in Raritan on July 2, 1921. (PC: Somerset County Historical Society)
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How and why the United States Became Involved in World War I and the Aftermath

On June 29, 1914, Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian nationalist lobbying for a pan-Slavic nation, murdered the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, triggering a series of events that led to the Great War. By the end of the following month, nearly a century of mutual defense alliance treaties had led the majority of Europe to wage war against each other.

Marco Polo's route on the Silk Road to China
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The Silk Road

The Silk Road was an ancient international network of trade routes that connected cultures and commerce alike, from China in the East to the Mediterranean Sea in the West.

Robert of Normandy at the Siege of Antioch
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The First Crusade

The First Crusade, the initial of a series of at least eight, began in November of 1095 when Pope Urban II assembled churchmen in Clermont, France and urged Europeans to join in a military expedition against the emerging Muslims and retake the sacred city of Jerusalem, where Jesus Christ was crucified.

Neolithic Revolution
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The Neolithic Revolution

The Neolithic Revolution was a major point in the advancement of mankind. Up until roughly 10,000 BCE humans were largely nomadic, migrating from place to place, typically in small groups or bands of about 20 to 30 people, gathering food such as fruit and insects and hunting or fishing to live. [1] Towards the end...

Pax Romana
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Pax Romana

The Ancient Romans are superficially remembered for their wars and conquests, constantly battling adversaries on nearly every front, from the Etruscans in the North to the Carthaginians invading from the sea in the west. Yet, between 27 BCE and 180 CE the Roman Empire experienced a time of peace and unprecedented economic prosperity. This ~...